'For so long, you've been wanting to make radical changes for your employees in the workplace. Its never too late to do better for your employees, especially if you want to give them the premium experience of working for your company. You'd want to give them the right benefits and a fun, enjoyable experience that they'd be proud to tell their friends that they work for you.
At the same time, you know that your company is a business. Your main goal is to earn profit to be able to run the company as well as give due compensation to your employees.
So how can you strike a balance between being a company that cares for your employees and at the same time still earning to expand your company even more? Here are some steps to follow:
1. Give your employees the right compensation, pay overtime hours, and have enough paid leaves.
First of all, you have to follow the right wages as stated by the law. You need to do extensive research on living expenses and the right amount to pay for your employee at a certain position.
You also need to give them entitlement to the right number of paid leaves: vacation leaves, sick day offs, maternal leaves, and paternity leaves. Again, it should be in accordance with the law. If you want to give more than what is prescribed, then it is entirely up to your discretion.
And of course, pay overtime hours and give 13th to 14th month pay slips as required by the law.
2. Reward your top-performing employees with incentives.
Depending on the industry your company falls under, you need to set standards and metrics on how you will be evaluating employees based on their performance. This should also be in accordance with the role that they are in. For them to be more motivated to give their best, you should reward them with incentives. For instance, sales people are entitled to commissions for every sale that they make. Every month or every quarter, you can award an employee as the best performer and for bringing good yields to the company.
3. Assign tasks that fall under an employee's job description.
As much as possible, you should stick to your agreement and only assign tasks and jobs to your employee based on what's written in his or her job description.
This is why it's very important that you describe the job in detail. Don't hide tasks from the employee on the get-go so that he or she won't be surprised with tasks that are not on his or her job description. This often leads to losing valuable employees because they feel that they are being exploited.
4. Recognize your employee's hard work.
It may not necessarily be through the form of money incentives. You can recognize the hard work of your employee by making sure that his or her hard work is acknowledged. Little, small praises go a long way. Build a company culture of employees encouraging and supporting one another instead of a culture where everyone wants to pull the achievers down.
You can also recognize their hard work by giving them a promotion or letting them take much bigger responsibilities. They would feel validated that they've done a great job to be trusted with a bigger project.
5. Arrange fun team-building activities.
While the workplace is a professional arena, you'd want your employees to also view it as an enjoyable part of their lives as well. Organize activities that will bring each and every employee closer to their friends at work and also be able to meet and interact with others that they don't get to work with everyday. These activities can not only strengthen their friendship, but also help them gain valuable lessons in life such as teamwork, sportsmanship, camaraderie, and critical thinking. They can also just let their guard down and have the most fun.
6. Invest in tools for your employees' overall good health and mental well-being.
It's very important that employees work in an environment that's comfortable, healthy, and supports their physical needs everyday. In an office, people are subjected to prolonged sitting which can eventually lead to a number of serious health concerns. You'd want to minimize their pain and discomfort while working by using the right furniture in the workspace. You'd want them to be in a clear headspace where they can think and work much more efficiently and productively.
Here are some tools to make the workplace fun, healthy, and comfortable:
Comhar All-in-One Standing Desk Wooden Top - 48" W
This classic fully-featured Comhar Standing Desk is multi-functional. It has a height adjustment feature that your employees could play with the height ranging from 28.3" to 47.6". Its robust motor transitions from any height smoothly and easily. It has 4 programmable height presets and will be perfect for different employees. It's constructed with a powder-coated steel tubing that is scratch resistant and is guaranteed to be stable at a high setting. To stabilize the desk if the legs come out uneven, use the leveling glides along the bottom of the desk.
This can be assembled in three steps. Install the tabletop and the desk frame; then install the desk feet; and then, connect the power cords.
It can easily fit a small floor area because this won't actually take that much floor space. Even then, it still has one of the most spacious desktops available in the market, measuring 48" x 24" that provides a surface area for two monitors, a laptop, keyboard, mouse, paperwork, and other desk essentials.
Home office All-in-One Desk Bike/Bike Workstation V9
Durable and versatile, this amazing product can be used for physical exercise, reading, having a morning cup of coffee, watching online videos, or video chatting with colleagues from work. Doing these activities while being able to exercise is shooting two birds at the same time. The legs and lower muscles get toned to improve overall physical health.
Another great feature of this product is its adjustable desktop which can be moved forward or backward, up and down—whatever configuration is comfortable.
It could also be easily moved to another location in the office because of its four caster wheels. It also has an adjustable seat that could accommodate heights ranging from 5' 1" to 6'2".
